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#Post#: 41195--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: Dave23
Date: November 2, 2011, 4:30 pm
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I have a friend who follows baseball (and the Cardinals) the way
we all follow the Cubs.
He is convinced that the Cards competition for Pujols is...the
Rangers. The more I think about it...they have a ton of pitching
depth in their system...they could take CJ Wilson money and give
it to Pujols...and get a better glove and bat at 1B, and having
a valuable trade chip in Young, or move him elsewhere...
He also thinks Oquendo is their next manager.
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: November 2, 2011, 4:34 pm
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Dave, I agree. That's the scuttlebutt on Cardinal boards.
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 2, 2011, 4:35 pm
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I was listening to the ESPN podcast earlier today, and Keith Law
was certain that the Rangers would go hard after either Pujols
of Fielder.
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: November 2, 2011, 4:51 pm
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I still expect Josh Vitters to be traded.
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 4, 2011, 2:11 pm
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Fangraphs article about Martin Prado's value, which concludes by
determining he's worth more than he'll get paid but shouldn't
cost much in a trade:
HTML http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/martin-prado-on-the-move/
I think the Cubs should make a strong push for him right now.
From 2008 until he went down with a staph infection in June of
this year, he was pretty similar to the player Mark DeRosa was
when he was with the Cubs. This article makes it sound like
Prado might be available for something like one of
Flaherty/LeMahieu and a second lesser player. With as much
uncertainty there is with this team in all the positions he can
play, it would be nice to have a DeRosa-like player on this
team.
#Post#: 41475--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: November 4, 2011, 6:32 pm
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--- Quote from: brjones link ---
>
> Fangraphs article about Martin Prado's value, which concludes
by determining he's worth more than he'll get paid but shouldn't
cost much in a trade
>
--- End Quote ---
I love seeing things like that.... because they make so little
sense.
They amount to the following:
"No on else is sharp enough to know what I do, that this guy is
really pretty good. No one else knows it. Not his GM or any
other GM in the game. And even though I am here in print in
something the entire world can see am explaining why he is worth
more than his team or other teams think, and even though I
believe what I have written will persuade you, and I hope it
will also persuade the Cubs, it clearly won't persuade any GM's
in the game so the Cubs could get him for a song."
Its almost as if they think they write in invisible ink that
only Cub fans and Cub management can read....
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 7, 2011, 4:50 pm
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According to MLB Trade Rumors, the Marlins are meeting with (and
may have already made an offer to) Jose Reyes. Both Pujols and
Fielder are also on their radar, with Ozzie pushing hard for one
of them. Don't know how much of that I believe...
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: davep
Date: November 7, 2011, 6:45 pm
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It is hard to imagine that the Marlins can draw enough fans to
pay for any of the three players.
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Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: November 7, 2011, 11:42 pm
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--- Quote from: davep link ---
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> It is hard to imagine that the Marlins can draw enough fans to
pay for any of the three players.
>
--- End Quote ---
That's never stopped the Marlins from signing players before.
#Post#: 41966--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hot Stove 2011
DIR By: Cactus
Date: November 8, 2011, 12:08 pm
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Royals interested in Carlos Zambrano
HTML http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/cubs-talk/post/Kaplan-Royals-interested-in-Zambrano?blockID=590086&feedID=661&awid=6050278776360301231-914
That has to be unlikely. Big Z likes to hit too much
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